merveillier

Old French

Alternative forms

• mervellier

Verb

merveillier

1. (reflexive, se mervellier) to marvel (at)
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Li serjant et li chevalier
     Tuit se pranent a mervellier

     The sergeants and the knights

     All stopped to marvel

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-eill, *-eills, *-eillt are modified to eil, euz, eut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of merveillier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		merveillier			avoir merveillié
gerund		en merveillant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		merveillant
past participle		merveillié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	merveil	merveilles	merveille	merveillons	merveilliez	merveillent
	imperfect	merveilloie, merveilleie, merveilloe, merveillieve	merveilloies, merveilleies, merveilloes, merveillieves	merveilloit, merveilleit, merveillot, merveillieve	merveilliiens, merveilliens	merveilliiez, merveilliez	merveilloient, merveilleient, merveilloent, merveillievent
	preterite	merveillai	merveillas	merveilla	merveillames	merveillastes	merveillierent
	future	merveillerai	merveilleras	merveillera	merveillerons	merveilleroiz, merveillereiz, merveillerez	merveilleront
	conditional	merveilleroie, merveillereie	merveilleroies, merveillereies	merveilleroit, merveillereit	merveilleriiens, merveilleriens	merveilleriiez, merveilleriez	merveilleroient, merveillereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	merveil	merveuz	merveut	merveillons	merveilliez	merveillent
	imperfect	merveillasse	merveillasses	merveillast	merveillissons, merveillissiens	merveillissoiz, merveillissez, merveillissiez	merveillassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	merveille	—	merveillons	merveilliez	—

Related terms

• merveille

Descendants

• English: marvel
• French: merveiller